Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (part 19)

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Rickard watched her go, fresh tears in his eyes.
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She walked tall and deliberate and swung herself up on Ranofer’s back, fiddling with her saddle so she wouldn’t have to look up. She’d returned to her stoic expression but her throat was still so tight.

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The gates were dragged open slowly.
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Jerica finally forced herself to take a deep breath and glance up at Rickard, forcing the tiniest smile and wave, then started for the gate.

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He gave a small wave in return.
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(I’ve got nothing further to add I think unless you’ve got something in mind)

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(Nope! All good!)

(Also this is over 20 pages now :))
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(Eyy look at us go!
That reminds me I need to update the spreadsheet xD)

(Wanna skip, then? Maybe to this evening? If you wanna do Rönn? Idk)

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(Sure, we can do that! They'd probably stop at a village for the night, though)
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(Ah… two nights, then? Lol unless you’ve got village dynamics in mind?)

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(Nope, 2 nights works good!)
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Ky was laying on the ground, buried up to her nose in blankets and furs, listening to the howling of wolves in the distance. It was late. She knew she should go to sleep. But she couldn’t. She couldn’t get Rönn off her mind. She had a feeling he was following them even though she hadn’t actually seen him. And she had finally cooled off enough that she felt like she should talk to him again. Apologize for her fit the week before.

After a while she sat up and crawled toward the entrance of the tent. She grabbed her heaviest coat and let herself outside, slipping into the coat and then shuffling over to the dying embers of the fire and squinting into the woods to see if she could see him.

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He wasn't visible from the camping area, but a dim fire was crackling some distance off.
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She shivered, trying to decide how stupid it would be to go investigate. What if it wasn’t him? What if it was an enemy? It took her a solid ten minutes to work up the courage to go investigate, but she eventually did, walking as silently as humanly possible.

(Guess who is now one uterus shorter :’)))) )

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(Oh goodness! Is this cause for celebration or condolences?)

Rönn was crouching at his fire, gnawing on the leg of an indeterminate animal.
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